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Squatter homes demolished across Addis Ababa.
Addis Ababa caretaker administration has begun a massive campaign to pull down homes across the city which it claims have been built illegally according to a report in the local English-language weekl...
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African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa to expand.
Work is underway to build additional offices and residential accommodation for the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa. Building is on a plot donated by the city council in the Kirkos district near Kera...
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Ethiopian census begins 29 May.
Schools across much of Ethiopia are due to close on 29 May for a month to allow teachers to conduct a national census. The headcount
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Campaign for release of Ethiopian hostages launched.
Ethiopians and foreigners in Addis Ababa have launched a pressure group to campaign for the release of the eight Ethiopians still being held following their kidnapping along with five Europeans during...
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The five Europeans abducted in the northeastern Afar region on the Ethiopian-Eritrean border have been released and are at the British embassy in Asmara, capital of Eritrea, pending their return to Lo...
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Efforts are underway to locate a group of British tourists and their Ethiopian guides believed to have been kidnapped in northeast Ethiopia. Five members of staff of the British embassy in Addis Ababa...
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Road-widening project leaves many homeless.
Many people have lost their homes as a result of major work to expand the main road running past the British embassy in Aware/Yeka districts of Addis Ababa, local news sources report. Bulldozers moved...
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Ethiopian millennium adopted by Africa.
The African Union has decided to adopt the Ethiopian millennium as the African millennium in recognition of the country
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The head of the Addis Ababa caretaker administration Birhane Deressa has laid the cornerstone of the Addis Millennium Park in the Yeka sub-city northeast of the city centre. The proposed facility, whi...
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Mengistu sentence on 11 January.
The sentencing of the former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam and other top officials of the Derg regime (1974-1991) convicted in mid December of genocide has been rescheduled for 11 January t...
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Genocide verdict for Mengistu.
Colonel Mengistu Haile-Mariam, ex leader of the former Derg regime (1974-1991), has been found guilty of genocide by the federal high court in Addis Ababa. The judges handed down a guilty verdict agai...
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Millennium preparations underway.
Preparations are underway to mark the Ethiopian millennium, which falls on 11 September 2007 in the Ethiopian calendar. The organisation is being overseen by the specially created Ethiopian millennium...
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Over 50 delegates from all over Africa are to gather in Addis Ababa from 11 to 13 December for a conference on ways to boost citizens faith in their governments. The regional forum, which is being hos...
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New facilities for youth in Kaliti.
New schools and libraries are to be built in the eastern sub-city of Akaki-Kaliti as part of a major development project benefiting youth, the local authorities have said. Plans also include creating...
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A multi-purpose youth centre is under construction in the Kolfe-Keranyo sub-city beyond the ring road in western Addis Ababa, state-run newspaper Ethiopian Herald reports. The centre, which will be bu...
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Water shortage at Ayat estate.
Residents of Ayat Village beyond CMC east of Addis Ababa are suffering from severe water shortage, the independent English language weekly newspaper Fortune reports. Problems began about six months ag...
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Legal rights for disabled in Addis Ababa.
Disabled residents of the Yeka district of Addis Ababa and beyond are to benefit from a new project to promote their legal rights in light of their greater vulnerability to sexual violence and HIV/AID...
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Ethiopia prepares for WorldSkills.
On 18-19 November young people from six regions in Ethiopia are to take part in a competition to promote vocational skills training in the country. Technical and vocational education and training (TVE...
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The state television broadcaster ETV is showing a ground-breaking new educational programme for 3-6 year olds called Tsehai Loves Learning. Modelled on the cult American childrens show Sesame Street,...
